In the aftermath of the presidential election last week, the radio show On Being is re-broadcasting an interview with Vincent Harding from a few years ago. The title of the program, “Is America Possible?” comes from a long essay by Vincent f...
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Eight days out from the recent presidential election, many folks are feeling the need for encouragement, even guidance from some of the elders of our country’s movements for social justice. There are a number of wonderful video interviews on ...
Continue ReadingDear Friends, Please consider supporting The Veterans of Hope Project on or after #GivingTuesday. We are happy to report that the Project is planning (along with the Iliff School of Theology and Riverside Church in New York) an event to commemorate the 50...
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During WWII, the US government developed concentration camps in several western states in which they imprisoned thousands of Americans of Japanese descent. Photographer, Dorothea Lange (famous for her work on depression-era rural whites and migrant fam...
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Dear Folks, The Veterans of Hope Project really needs your support! PLEASE CONSIDER A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE GIFT TO THE ORGANIZATION. In 2016 we developed a new website www.veteransofhope.org with a wealth of resources about the links between spirituality and so...
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About the Sermon — “Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence” The “Beyond Vietnam” sermon was drafted by historian and activist Vincent Gordon Harding. Vincent Harding and his first wife, Rosemarie, were friends and colleagues of Ma...
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The Ring Shout is a powerful, ancestral ritual of song and rhythmic movement that Black people in the USA have practiced for many generations. It is a form of worship that we developed during slavery – combining the sacred songs of our strength and ...
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Joanna Shenk, a writer, activist and minister, has published an extended interview with Vincent Harding focussed on his experiences with the Mennonite Church, during and after the time he and Rosemarie were representatives of the Mennonites to the south...
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Michelle Alexander is a legal scholar, activist and public theologian whose work has long been of great inspiration to the Veterans of Hope Project. She just wrote a beautiful and powerful essay in the NY Times about the need for all people of conscien...
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As part of our ongoing collaboration with the Terreiro do Cobre Candomblé community in Salvador, Bahia, we are hosting three Afro-Brazilian ritual leaders and activists this summer – Iyalorixá Valnizia Pereira, Ebomi Marilene de Jesus Cruz and Ogãn C...
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